Live from the Studio – Day #2

The mystery kitchen object which can improve the way you trace …

It’s day #2 of an intensive glass painting course for our five hard-working, long-haul students.

See here for the 90-second video introduction.

In a moment, I’ll reveal the identity of the mystery kitchen object which can magically improve your tracing.

(And, no, it’s not a rolling pin.)

Glass Paint – How Long Can You Keep It For?

A good question from a colleague in Maryland, USA:

I am an experimental physicist in mid-career and very busy with work – so my time spent on stained glass and glass painting is very sporadic – it has been 8 or 10 months since my last project.

Is it OK to make the lump of paint (as you teach) and leave it for 6 months to a year?

Should it be tended to periodically over that time?

Will it “come back” and be usable after a very long time?

And the answers are …